Boondocking in the Gila National Forest, near Lordsburg, NM

Wednesday, February 26

A short driving day today, I wanted to check out the Gila National Forest area north of Lordsburg along US90.  Not great shakes for scenery but its a nice area.

iOverlander showed a spot for camping and that's where I ended up, finally picking a spot big enough for the VRRV and trailer.  Most of the spots are smaller, more suitable for van campers and such.  Still, very secluded and quiet for the most part.

There's only one other "camper" out here in the area with me, about .5 miles away.  He's a car camper from Minnesota.  Not too sketchy looking, but I did wonder what the heck he was doing here over the next couple of days.

This particular camping area reminded me one should pull in one's mirrors when passing through narrow portions of the trail when there's thick bushes alongside the trail.  One of the small auxiliary mirrors got ripped off, but I repaired it easily enough.

I did have one bar of cell signal, enough for texting but really not for surfing.  I powered up Starlink a couple of times.

Thursday, February 27

After a very quiet night and no further campers showing up, I spent the morning doing minor chores and repairs while windy conditions prevailed.

Around 2 PM or so, I rode Yagi, my TW200 to check out the Tyrone Mine further north along US90.

Along the way:

I think if I was McComas, I'd call it more than an incident.

I'd hoped to be able to find an overlook to see into the mine but no luck, so just views of the huge amounts of tailings dug up in search of ore.

eye catching pattern 

US 90 crossed the Continental Divide and there were two spots with trailheads to the CDT or Continental Divide Trail near my campsite:

As I rode south on US90, I checked out likely locations for campsite for future use.  Found several along Gold Gulch Road and Kings Canyon Road.  I marked the spots in my personal google maps for possible future use.  If I had been planning on staying longer in the area, I'd have displaced to a couple of the sites!

Tomorrow I displace to Elephant Butte/Truth or Consequences.  I think I'll be using the route through the mountains instead of retracing my way back to the I-10 Interstate.  We'll see.